Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 is a four-disc DVD box set collection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Following the pattern of one release each year of the previous volumes, it was released on October 21, 2008. It is the final release in the Golden Collection series. Succeeding the Golden Collection series would be the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection series on Blu-ray, first released November 2011. On July 3, 2012, a two-disc DVD version of Volume 1 of the Platinum Collection was released.
Volume 6 is less child-friendly than previous releases. Like Volumes 3–5, it has a warning before each disc about the shorts containing content that some viewers would not consider to be "politically correct" by today's standards (but will be shown uncut and uncensored for historical reasons), and as such, is "intended for the adult collector". However, Volume 6's box art disclaimer says that it "is not suitable for children", as opposed to Volumes 3-5, stating that they might not be suitable for younger audiences.
This is because, in addition to containing cartoons that have racial and/or ethnic stereotypes (like in Volumes 3–5), and references to sexism in Robert McKimson's Wild Wife, Volume 6 also contains many cartoons that pertain to World War II, most of them containing depictions or references to Nazi Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo, or to Nazi Germans and Imperial Japan in general. While Volumes 4 and 5 each had a couple World War II-themed cartoons (Plane Daffy and Scrap Happy Daffy, respectively), Volume 6 is notable for having an entire disc dedicated to the subject (Disc 2: Patriotic Pals), including several of its bonus cartoons.
Volume 6 was originally only released in North America due to the poor sales of the previous volume. However, the discs in this volume were not region-coded, making it easy for collectors outside of North America to import and play this set. The set was released in the UK on 12 September 2011.
Disc 1: Looney Tunes All-Stars
Special Features
Commentaries
- Hare Trigger by Greg Ford
- Birth of a Notion by Mark Kausler
- My Favorite Duck by Jerry Beck
Music-only tracks
- Raw! Raw! Rooster!
- Jumpin' Jupiter
Television specials
- Bugs Bunny in King Arthur’s Court (1978)
- Daffy Duck’s Easter Eggcitement (1980)
Bonus Shorts
Bonus Shorts - Music-only tracks
- Rabbit Rampage
- Boyhood Daze
Disc 2: Patriotic Pals
Special features
Friz Freleng at MGM
- Poultry Pirates (1938)
- A Day at the Beach (1938)
- The Captain’s Christmas (1938)
- Seal Skinners (1939)
- Mama’s New Hat (1939)
Commentaries
- Herr Meets Hare by Greg Ford
- Russian Rhapsody by Mark Kausler
- The Draft Horse by Greg Ford
Music-only track
- Yankee Dood It
Bonus Shorts
Disc 3: Bosko, Buddy and Merrie Melodies
- All cartoons on this disc are in black-and-white.
Special features
Commentaries
- Shuffle Off to Buffalo by Jerry Beck
- A Cartoonist's Nightmare by Jerry Beck
The World of Leon Schlesinger
- Introduction by Martha Sigall and Jerry Beck
- Cryin' for the Carolines (1930)
- Haunted Gold title sequence
- Schlesinger Productions Christmas Party with optional commentary by Martha Sigall and Jerry Beck
Bonus Shorts
Disc 4: Most Requested Assorted Nuts and One-Shots
Special Features
Commentaries
- Fresh Airedale by Greg Ford
- The Hole Idea by Mark Kausler
Music-only tracks
- The Hole Idea
- Martian Through Georgia
Bonus documentary
- Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Bonus Shorts
Bonus Short - Music-only track
- Wild Wild World
Bonus Short - Music and Effects track
- Punch Trunk
See also
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1929–1939)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1940–1949)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1960–1969)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1970–present and miscellaneous)
- List of Bugs Bunny cartoons
References
External links
- Chaney, Jen (2008-11-17). "Sorry, 'Looney' fans – that's all folks". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. p. E-7.
- Chaney, Jen (2008-10-21). "Warner Bros. Says, 'That's All, Folks!'". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. WE34.
- Kane, Mondo (2008-08-16). "Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol 6 on DVD (Oct 21)". www.dvdtown.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-29.
